err.h: IS_ERR() can accept __user pointers

Sparse generates a false positive when you pass a __user or __iomem
pointer to the IS_ERR() functions.

drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36:    expected void const *ptr
drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36:    got unsigned int [noderef] [usertype] <asn:2>*rtcregs

We can silence these by adding a __force here and upgrading to the
latest git release of Sparse.

This change has no effect when using current Sparse releases.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
index f2edce25a76b64f91701cdbd2c680dce19b90706..221fcfb676c47ba79d6310a0c11017f85fc62fb1 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/err.h
+++ b/include/linux/err.h
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ static inline void * __must_check ERR_PTR(long error)
        return (void *) error;
 }
 
-static inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(const void *ptr)
+static inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
 {
        return (long) ptr;
 }
 
-static inline long __must_check IS_ERR(const void *ptr)
+static inline long __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
 {
        return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
 }
 
-static inline long __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(const void *ptr)
+static inline long __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__force const void *ptr)
 {
        return !ptr || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
 }
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ static inline long __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(const void *ptr)
  * Explicitly cast an error-valued pointer to another pointer type in such a
  * way as to make it clear that's what's going on.
  */
-static inline void * __must_check ERR_CAST(const void *ptr)
+static inline void * __must_check ERR_CAST(__force const void *ptr)
 {
        /* cast away the const */
        return (void *) ptr;
 }
 
-static inline int __must_check PTR_RET(const void *ptr)
+static inline int __must_check PTR_RET(__force const void *ptr)
 {
        if (IS_ERR(ptr))
                return PTR_ERR(ptr);